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Godzilla en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɔdˈzɪlə/ (Australia)
  • /ɡɑdˈzɪlə/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
  • audio Wisconsin
  • /ɡɒdˈzɪlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).

Meanings

  1. (figuratively) Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type.
    • a Godzilla of a tower building
    • Aren't we supposed to be a big, terrifying country, a Godzilla of capitalism wrecking the globe? 2009, P. J. O'Rourke, Peace Kills, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Godzillas Number=Plur lexicographic
Gojira alternative lexicographic
Godzirra alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Godzilla-ish · Godzillaesque · godzillion · Godzillalike · -zilla

Godzilla en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɔdˈzɪlə/ (Australia)
  • /ɡɑdˈzɪlə/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
  • audio Wisconsin
  • /ɡɒdˈzɪlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).

Meanings

  1. A fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films.
    • What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods? 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Gojira alternative lexicographic
Godzirra alternative lexicographic

Translations (34)

uk Ґодзі́лла (Japanese science-fiction monster) · az Qodzilla (Japanese science-fiction monster) · vi Godzilla (Japanese science-fiction monster) · bg Годзила (Japanese science-fiction monster) · hy Գոձիլա (Japanese science-fiction monster) · ru Годзи́лла (Japanese science-fiction monster) · mr गॉडझिला (Japanese science-fiction monster) · el Γκοτζίλα (Japanese science-fiction monster) · yue 哥斯拉 (Japanese science-fiction monster) · pt Godzilla (Japanese science-fiction monster) · de Godzilla (Japanese science-fiction monster) · cmn 哥斯拉 (Japanese science-fiction monster) · ro Godzilla (Japanese science-fiction monster) · th ก็อตซิลลา (Japanese science-fiction monster) · it Godzilla (Japanese science-fiction monster) · ko 고지라 (Japanese science-fiction monster) · el Γκοντζίλα (Japanese science-fiction monster) · fr Godzilla (Japanese science-fiction monster) · pl Godzilla (Japanese science-fiction monster) · ar غُدْزِيلَا (Japanese science-fiction monster) · ta காட்சில்லா (Japanese science-fiction monster) · hi गोडजिला (Japanese science-fiction monster) · eo Godzilo (Japanese science-fiction monster) · ar غُودْزِيلَا (Japanese science-fiction monster) · hi गोडज़िला (Japanese science-fiction monster) · hi गोगोला (Japanese science-fiction monster) · kn ಗಾಡ್ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ (Japanese science-fiction monster) · fa گودزیلا (Japanese science-fiction monster) · ko 고질라 (Japanese science-fiction monster) · fi Godzilla (Japanese science-fiction monster) · ml ഗോഡ്സില്ല (Japanese science-fiction monster) · he גוֹדְזִילָה (Japanese science-fiction monster) · th ก็อตซิลล่า (Japanese science-fiction monster) · ja ゴジラ (Japanese science-fiction monster)